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{{quote|''"He's an absolutely awful human being. The strange thing about comedy is that if an awful character makes people laugh, people feel affectionate towards him. [[Jerkass Dissonance|It's insane because if they had to sit next to him for five minutes at a dinner, they would absolutely not be able to cope with him]]. They would loathe him. But because he makes them laugh, they think, [[Draco in Leather Pants|deep down, he's alright]]."''
▲[[File:Bang_9072.jpg|link=Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker|frame|[[The Joker|His]] act's a real ''[[Monster Clown|killer]]''.]]
|'''[[John Cleese]]'''}}
▲{{quote|''"He's an absolutely awful human being. The strange thing about comedy is that if an awful character makes people laugh, people feel affectionate towards him. [[Jerkass Dissonance|It's insane because if they had to sit next to him for five minutes at a dinner, they would absolutely not be able to cope with him]]. They would loathe him. But because he makes them laugh, they think, [[Draco in Leather Pants|deep down, he's alright]]."''|'''[[John Cleese]]'''}}
Villains can be many things... [[Magnificent Bastard]], [[Complete Monster|horrific]], [[Nietzsche Wannabe|philosophical]]... but special attention goes to the villain that makes you [[Actually Pretty Funny|laugh]]. It might be because he's [[Harmless Villain|an idiot]], it might be that you empathize with him, or it might be simply that his actions are so unexpected. In any case, some villains will always be funny.
Of course, funny does not always equal weak. Praise be to the villain who [[Evil Is Stylish|can cause a chuckle from his audience]], right before viciously thwarting the hero's best efforts. In fact, if done correctly, the very things that make a villain
Often overlaps with the [[Harmless Villain]] (Harmless Villains are inherently funny, but funny villains are not inherently harmless), [[Affably Evil]] ([[Don't Explain the Joke|get the joke]]?), [[Faux Affably Evil]] (who are often funny), the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] and [[Magnificent Bastard]]. And with [[Large Ham]] (playing a villain seems to be very fun). It's also a prerequisite for the [[Terrible Trio]] and the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]. Contrast with [[Monster Clown]], because clowns make people cry. Interestingly, this either subverts or complements [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]], as does [[Too Funny to Be Evil]], a closely related sister trope. Tends to be the sort who [[Crosses the Line Twice]]. See also: [[Laugh with Me]] and [[Beware the Silly Ones]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* Jason Beck from ''[[The Big O]]''. When he's not being an egotistical fop, he's actually frighteningly competent. Too bad this is overshadowed by his over
▲== Anime and Manga ==
▲* Jason Beck from ''[[The Big O]]''. When he's not being an egotistical fop, he's actually frighteningly competent. Too bad this is overshadowed by his over the top hubris, which pushes him firmly into the "Laughably" part of this trope.
* Most of the villains of early ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' are like this. Such villains include General Blue, who is utterly hilarious in personality but also a very deadly opponent, and Emperor Pilaf, who has no idea what he's doing. Also Majin Buu, especially in his Fat Buu form, where his antics and are so childish, goofy, and cartoonish that you almost forget that his "games" are killing millions of people, at least until the [[Establishing Shot]] of the barren wasteland where a thriving city used to be.
* The [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket]] trio from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' are this, which is the reason why they are so popular. At least until [[Took a Level
* Tobi from ''[[Naruto]]'' was this at first. {{spoiler|Then [[Big Bad|he]] [[The Chessmaster|decided]] [[The Man Behind the Man|to stop]] [[Obfuscating Stupidity|fucking around]]}}.
* Dedede in ''[[Kirby:
* A number of villains from ''[[One Piece]]'', such as Buggy the Clown, a [[Villainous Harlequin]] who's [[Law of Disproportionate Response|(violently) sensitive about his nose]], and Spandam, who alternately [[Kick the Dog|kicks the dog in new and horrible ways]] and makes himself look like an idiot.
** On the opposite side of the power spectrum is Kaku. The second most powerful member of Cipher Pol 9, he can transform into a giraffe. No, you didn't misread that. He can transform into an actual giraffe. Even better, he can transform into a half-man/half-giraffe. One that keeps his trademark square nose. He sincerely believes giraffes to be powerful creatures and during his fight with Zoro was prone to defending them by saying such things as "Witness the power of a giraffe!". Though that ''could'' be part-denial since everyone keeps mocking him for his powers. Oh, and he uses his nose as a weapon.
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*** Any animal that can kick a full-grown lion ass-over-appetite ''is'' powerful, even if their goofy build and lack of vocalizations in the range of human hearing obscures that fact.
*** What makes the fight even funnier is that Kaku has just eaten his Devil Fruit, and is figuring its powers out as he goes along. [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] comes when he discovers the aforementioned "shorten neck to extend arms and legs" move, reasons that it works on the same principle as a pasta machine, then names the move "Pasta Machine." Also in his favor is that, despite being a government agent, [[Affably Evil|he's a pretty chill guy,]] even giving a good-natured laugh to a post-battle quip from one of the heroes.
* Mara from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''. She takes time out of her busy day tormenting goddesses and attempting world conquest in order to ''knock a child's ice cream cone'' out of his hands to fulfill a snide wish by his sister. Either [[Kick the Dog]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], or both. A truly admirable commitment to evil on any scale. For those who are wondering this happens in the first season of the TV
* Baki and Minki from ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]''. They're (nominally) evil, powerful, hugely destructive Oni, but the former ''adores'' ice cream, toys, and riding around on the little kids' train in the park, and the latter has some ''bizarre'' notions of what a good big brother/little sister relationship should be like.
* Gates of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]: The Second Raid'' is so over-the-top with his [[Chaotic Evil]] antics that everything he does is completely random. Despite the sadistic violence, this makes him even funnier.
* Wester from ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]''.
* Xellos from ''[[Slayers]]'' might fit...his antics are certainly funny enough; it's just that [[Trickster Archetype|no one is]] [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|sure]] [[Hidden Agenda Villain|what his real goals are]], so calling him a 'villain' may or may not be accurate.
** He's [[The Dragon]] for one of the 2 remaining demon lords. He might be a [[Draco in Leather Pants]], but his efforts always serve his Mistress.
* [[Oda Nobunaga]] from the ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' anime. It's not because he's dumb. Or incompetent. Or even snarky, for that matter. It's just that he's so [[Obviously Evil|mind-bogglingly, skull-stompingly, baby-eatingly evil]] that he becomes [[Narm Charm|hilariously awesome]] just through his very existence.
* The various teens of ''[[Ranma ½
* Prince Walter from ''[[Brave Series|The Brave Of Gold Goldran]]'' fits this trope.
* Almost all of the Order of the Glittering Star from ''[[Star Driver]]''. Their everyday personas are so over the top that you can't fully take their villain sides seriously - all of them being [[Evil Is Hammy|hammy]] certainly helps too.
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* Barry the Chopper of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is an unrepentant [[Serial Killer]] whose lunacy and total inability to understand normal human morality is [[Played for Laughs]]. Some people view Envy as this, though that has more to do with its terrible fighting skills and [[Fashion Victim Villain|godawful fashion sense]] than with any real humour on its part.
** Before he went all [[One-Winged Angel]], [[Big Bad|Father]] had a tendency to make small, sardonic quips while horrendous battle raged all around him - usually along the lines of "Why does everybody feel the need to demolish my home?"
* Dr. Gel from ''[[Space Dandy]]''. It's almost hard to even call this super-intelligent alien gorilla a "villain"... He's just ''so fun!'' Unfortunately, [[Butt Monkey|given all the humiliations he suffers]] as a result of his Laughably Evil schemes, you almost feel bad laughing at him.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[The Joker]] thrives on this trope. One of the main goals towards portraying the character is to make his actions such that you can laugh one moment, and be horrified the next. Brilliantly brought out by many of the actors to portray him in other media, most prominently [[Batman (film)|Jack Nicholson]], [[Batman: The Animated Series|Mark Hamill]], [[The Dark Knight Saga|Heath Ledger]] and, most recently, [[Young Justice|Brent Spinner]]. Whether it's electrocuting a gangster while singing showtunes, casually (and cheerfully) stalking an everyday accountant in the middle of rush-hour traffic, or doing a magic trick by making a pencil [[Eye Scream|disappear]], you can always find it either way with the Joker. [[Batman (TV series)|Cesar Romero]] too. Maybe it's because he was so [[Harmless Villain]] or such a [[Large Ham]], or maybe just because the show was [[So Bad It's Good]], but he was genuinely hilarious, if not nearly as terrifying as Ledger's Joker.
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** [[Comically Missing the Point|What kind of schoolyard bully stabs people?]]
** Part of what makes the Joker so terrifying is his special mixture of being funny as all get out but a [[Complete Monster]] in many a canon. While other villains have managed to pull off this combination, the Joker is probably one of the best examples in fiction.
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* [[Marvel Comics]]' Madcap, a [[Chaotic Neutral]] who acts deliberately silly, and whose power is simply to make people act uninhibited.
* Herr Starr from the ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''. Every time he shows up he has a smartass line, but his [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] was when he scares the shit out of some poor old lady for blocking the moving walkway by shooting wildly at her.
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** By this point in the series he's had to deal with "an angel, a whore, an eunuch, several dozen idiots, an unkillable mick, a one-man holocaust in a duster coat, the occasional twenty-course banquet for the mother of all fat fuckers, inbreeding, family feuds, bulimia, a retarded child (always good for a laugh), and the utter destruction of our most sacred shrine and secret retreat in the detonation of a fifty-ton bomb." Not to mention "having my head carved into a giant gleaming dong", so it's understandable that he'd be a mite testy.
* [[The DCU|Superboy-Prime]], with his wonderful bits of dialogue such as "[[Countdown to Final Crisis|I'll kill you! I'll kill you]] '''[[Shaped Like Itself|to death]]'''!"
* [[GL Orange Lantern Corps/Characters|Larfleeze]] of the [[Green Lantern]] books is the [[Daffy Duck]] of the DCU.
* Jameson is a power-hungry undead [[Mad Scientist]] and demonologist. He's also the [[Meta Guy]] of ''[[Creature Tech]]'', and as such spends most of his time making [[Pungeon Master|awful puns]], [[Shout-Out|references to other media]], [[Chewing the Scenery]], [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]], and [[Lampshade Hanging|hanging lampshades]] anywhere they'll fit.
▲== Fan Fics ==
* {{spoiler|Chaos}} from the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]''. While [[Anti-Hero|he's not technically evil]] there's no denying that he's one of the most ruthless and hilarious characters in the series.
* [[Lex Luthor]] in the ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' movies is funny for many reasons, but it meshes well with the character. Lex Luthor in ''[[Superman: Brainiac Attacks]]'' is ridiculously campy, and it doesn't... work... well...▼
* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]:'' Zigzag, the [[Evil Chancellor]], is usually amusing, but is introduced by a scene where he condemns a cobbler to death for spilling tacks he happened to step on, and [[It Got Worse|only gets worse]].
* The [[Disney Animated Canon]] provides us lots of Laughably Evil villains:
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*** Yzma is so over the top in her characterization and frequent [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshading]] of standard Disney villain tropes that she's somewhere between this trope played straight and a parody of it. It also doesn't hurt that the character is voiced by Eartha Kitt.
** In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', Syndrome is another Disney villain who is both humorous and unnerving. Many of his lines will sound ''very'' familiar to anyone who is a comicbook fanboy or knows one, and his goofy, hammy demeanour can almost make you forget that the guy is guilty of mass murder, would knowingly kill children, and is essentially plotting to start killing hundreds of innocent people and get hero-worshipped for ''stopping''. Just as an example:
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** Hades from Disney's ''[[Hercules (
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*** He manages to carry on this trait to the TV series, and to ''video games''... any ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' cutscene featuring Hades are generally hilarious.
** Apart from the examples above, there's also Kaa from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'', [[Pete]], any villain in ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]'' films, Edgar from ''[[The Aristocats]]'', and Sid from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', to name a few.
** The hyenas from ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* Baron Ruber of ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'' twitches, talks to himself, and does silly little dances during his [[Villain Song]].
* [[Alan Rickman]] as the Sheriff of Nottingham in ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''
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'''Sherriff of Nottingham:''' Because it's ''dull,'' you twit. It'll [[Punctuated!
* ''[[Austin Powers]]'': Dr. Evil, Number Two, Frau Farbissina and the rest of the gang.
* The Green Goblin was partially one of these in the first ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie, mostly because the character itself is supposed to be that way, but also because he was so [[Large Ham|hammy]].
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* Biff Tannen (and his relatives) from the ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' trilogy.
* Freddy Krueger in ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' sequels. Which is quite a feat from a rapist child-killer.
* Not exactly evil, but the title characters in ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' have an empathic moment where they spontaneously burst out laughing in a police line-
* [[Big Red Devil|Duamerthrax]] in the Dead Gentlemen's ''Demon Hunter'' movies. The films as a whole are [[Narm Charm|pretty goofy]].
* The Octopus in [[Frank Miller]]'s ''[[The Spirit (film)|The Spirit]]''. Gems include the line "I'm gonna kill you all kinds of dead!" and accidentally making a clone that was only a head and a foot.
* Pam Ferris as [[Dean Bitterman|The]] [[Sadist Teacher|Trunchbull]] in ''[[Matilda (film)|Matilda]]''. While ''still'' managing to keep the character ''scary'', no less.
* Captain Renault in ''[[Casablanca]]''. Really he is for most of the film a disgusting petty tyrant, but he makes up for it by being funny. In fact this was a delicate thing for the movie to pull off; it can be hard to mock evil while avoiding the possibility of making it seem less evil.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* The title devil from ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'', who [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor|has no sense of humor himself.]] [[Lampshaded]] at one point where he complains that the girl the Patient is falling in love with is "the sort who would find ''me'' funny."
* The ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' series tends to draw from this trope for its humor, only instead of the source being an individual villian, it is the [[Grimdark]] nature of the ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
* [[John Simm]]'s Master in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' certainly qualifies as a Crosses The Line Twice villain.
** The Daleks themselves can fall into this. Dreaded conquers and destroyers do seem a lot less scary when the protagonist defeats one simply by throwing his hat over its eye stalk, or one of his sidekicks manages to escape by simply running down a staircase; even funnier to see this alien believed to be a human-hating abomination stupidly trying to follow and tumble down the stairs in the process.
* ''[[Lost
* All of the villains in the [[Adam West]] ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' show fit, but the best examples are all of the one-shot villains that are unique to the show. And the Riddler, whose infamous riddles would continuously be solved by a [[The Load|Boy Wonder]] who was otherwise only good for getting kidnapped.
* All of the villains on ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''. There are very few shows that could make a pair of [[Brother-Sister Incest|incestuous]] [[Corrupt Hick]] [[Serial Killer
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]] could be quite funny, such as when he passed out in Angel's backyard and woke up when the sun made his hand catch fire.
** Also in the episode where he watches from a roof-top while Angel saves a girl and provides sarcastic voice-over narration.
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'''As Angel:''' No need, little lady, your tears of gratitude are enough for me. You see I was once a badass vampire, but love, and a pesky curse defanged me, and now I'm just a biiiiiig, fluffy puppy with bad teeth.
'''As Victim:''' But there must be some way I can... show my appreciation.
'''As Angel:''' No! Helping those in need's my job, and working up a load of sexual tension and prancing away like a magnificent poof is truly thanks enough.
'''As Victim:''' I understand. I have a nephew who's gay, so-
'''As Angel:''' Say no more. Evil's still afoot. And I'm almost out of that nancy-boy hair-gel I like so much. Quickly, to the Angel-mobile! Away! }}
** [[Complete Monster|Angelus]] is even funny sometimes, in a sick sort of way. ("Othello and Desdemona! My favorite couple. Only Desdemona didn't love the other guy.")
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** The Trio start out as a mix between this and [[Harmless Villain]]. {{spoiler|Then one of the subjects of their wacky hijinks points out that their [[Black Comedy Rape]] plan wasn't quite as funny or as hot to her, retroactively pointing out the [[Moral Event Horizon]] was crossed much earlier in the ostensibly funny episode. The Trio reacts differently: Warren goes [[Complete Monster]], Andrew becomes an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]], and Jonathan tries desperately to do a [[Heel Face Turn]] but is prevented by the other two.}}
* Like [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]] and [[The Joker]], [[Magnificent Bastard|Alpha]] from ''[[Dollhouse]]'' can make you laugh and cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] at the same time.
* [[Supernatural (TV series)|The Trickster]] always manages to deliver some sick and twisted poetic justice in a way that will make you
* Robbie Rotten in ''[[LazyTown]]''. ''Everything'' he does is hilarious.
* Lord Fear in ''[[Knightmare]]'' was a hilariously snarky villain.
* Yogostein, Kitaneidas, and Kegalesia in ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]''.
** [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|Oiles Gils]] is an [[Adult Child]] [[General Failure]] who throws tantrum and gets into hijinx that makes him the butt of jokes and generally act like a [[Spoiled Brat]]. He still has some nasty tendencies of plots that makes even his more serious [[Dragon]] [[Even Evil Has Standards|horrified enough.]]
* The ''[[Power Rangers]]'' franchise has a lot of these guys, really - ranging from Squatt and Baboo the [[Tagalong Kid]] monster henchmen of Rita Repulsa to Flit the [[Fly Crazy]] [[Combat Commentator]].
▲== Musical ==
* Thenardier in the musical version of ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'', quite an achievement considering how nasty he is in the book. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgc7IhcGG4 "Master of the House"] stands out as a rare moment of light relief.▼
* Similarly, Fagin in ''[[Oliver!]]''▼
== Professional Wrestling ==▼
* [[Chris Jericho]] was one of these in [[WCW]] and in his early days in [[WWE]]. When he returned to the WWE, he tried to be a face, but has since lapsed back into this, and is much better.▼
▲== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
▲* [[Chris Jericho]] was one of these in [[WCW]] and in his early days in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]. When he returned to the WWE, he tried to be a face, but has since lapsed back into this, and is much better.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Da Orkz of ''[[Warhammer
** ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' also has skaven. With antics including but not limited to: [[Never My Fault]] (from [[Self-Serving Memory]] if necessary), [[Dirty Coward|"skaven caution"]], [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|relentless betrayal]], and [[Master Race|unwarranted sense of superiority of their race]], skaven are often a source of comedy (usually [[Black Comedy]]).
* ''[[In Nomine]]'' features Kobal, the Demon Prince of Dark Humor. There is also his "blood brother" Haagenti, the Demon Prince of Gluttony, who also holds purview over torture and sight gags (which many consider to be a form of torture).
* ''[[Pathfinder]]'' goblins, bless their psychopathic little hearts.
* Goblins in any given ''[[Magic: The
== [[Theatre]] ==
▲*
▲* Similarly, Fagin in ''[[Oliver!]]''
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Edwin from ''[[Baldur's
* Many, if not all, of the main enemies in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series. From Bowser's kidnapping of the princess turning out to be lovesickness, [[Super Mario Bros. 2|Wart]] being the tyrant of a dream world while [[Weaksauce Weakness|critically weak to vegetables]] (he hates the taste), to even the names of many of the stage bosses (King Caliente's Spicy Return!). Not to mention anyone who's an antagonist in an RPG or spinoff (*[[Super Paper Mario|Chunks Awaaaay!]]* ) ([[Mario & Luigi|I HAVE FURY]]!).
** Special mention also goes to [[Monster Clown|Dimentio]], who often has rather quirky behaviors that count as somewhat comical, and yet commits genuinely horrific actions while cracking jokes.
** However, Bowser is portrayed in a more serious manner in the main series platform games. Especially ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
*** He's a more serious threat in terms of malice in said games, but is still a comical [[Large Ham|ham]] of the highest order personality wise, so fits this trope to a tee.
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** Let's not get started on Bowser in ''[[Mario Party]]''. Especially in 7, where he'll take a picture of the characters and make you pay for it.
* Jester from ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' is funny as [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Hell]].
* [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]], a rare example of a villain who can make you laugh, even when he's gleefully crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. It also doesn't help that he's the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' equivalent of [[The Joker]].
** Another example
* Caulder of ''[[Nintendo Wars|Days of Ruin]]'' fame is a [[Catch Phrase|fascinating]] example. Among other things, he {{spoiler|releases a biological weapon and attacks civilians}} [[For Science!|for the lulz.]] And he makes it funny.
** There's also Waylon, a greedy coward whose [[At Least I Admit It|honesty about his selfishness]] gives him all of the game's [[Actually Pretty Funny|best lines]].
* Many of the demons in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series (except the psychopaths like [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories|fake/real Zenon, evil Adell]], super evil [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|Mao]], etc) qualify for this trope.
* ''[[Rayman]]'': The [[Raving Rabbids]]. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''{{'}}s Dr. Aeon. While he's one of the non-harmless examples of the trope, it's more because he's [[Genius Ditz|such a scatter-brained moron]] that he ends up posing as much of a danger to the world [[The Chew Toy|as to himself]].
* Foxbat from ''[[Champions Online]]''. He's been described as an evil version of Adam West-era Batman.
* Zorbak in ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' has transcended evil. He's Ebil! Mwahahah!
** Escherion, the very first Lord of Chaos in ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'', becomes this trope at the end of the Chiral Valley saga when the hero reflects his inversion spell right back at him, inverting him and causing him to suffer the [[Humiliation Conga]] of ending up casting every spell he tries to cast on him/her on himself, and eventually turn himself into a harmless frog, which is a rather funny scene, to say the least.
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'''Escherion''': *ribbit ribbit*
'''Hero''': I'm sure you just said something very rude in froggy. }}
* The Lich Palawa Joko in ''[[Guild Wars]]: Nightfall'' once terrorised the ''entirety'' of the continent of Elona, whose forces were the greatest threat said continent faced until the Charr invasion many centuries later. Being unable to die or be killed, he had to be [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed away]] at the location of his defeat, and there he would have remained... if the plot hadn't required that you release him from his imprisonment for several ''very good'' reasons. But that's okay, all Joko wants is to reform his undead Army Of Darkness, which you've got to help him with as well. Astoundingly, he fails to be a threat for the remainder of the game, and while you're dealing with the [[Big Bad]] he's spending the rest of the time [[Hilarity Ensues|hilariously failing to get any sort of organisation from his mindless minions]]. What a guy. {{spoiler|Still, he'll be back for the sequel.}}
* Many of the player character's evil options in the ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' games are hilarious. And then there's [[Robotic Psychopath|a certain over-eager assassin droid.]]
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* GLaDoS from ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''.
** {{spoiler|Wheatley}} in the sequel.
** And Cave Johnson. Some of his quotes made his voice actor
* The player in ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]''. Think [[Austin Powers|Dr. Evil]].
* ''[[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal]]'', Dr. Nefarious.
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* King Dedede from the ''[[Kirby]]'' series.
* Dr. Wily, from the ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' series. He pulls off evil plots like holding a Russian scientist's daughter hostage and [[The Virus|spreading a robot virus]], yet tends to use silly-looking robots, frequently [[Fascinating Eyebrow|wiggle his eyebrows]], and [[Pose of Supplication|beg for mercy]] upon his defeat. [[Overused Running Gag|Every single time]]. The guy is a living paradox. The best example of this, is the time he stole the world's strongest robots, while wearing a rather [[Paper-Thin Disguise|flimsy disguise]].
** This is quite subject to a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when you find out that {{spoiler|the horrible, horrible robot war that took up most of [[Mega Man X]]'s was his fault.}}
* Hazama of ''[[
* Naturally Dr "Eggman" Robotnik of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, and only seems to be leaning further this way as of recently. Many alternate media representations are similar (see below). What do you expect from an egg shaped scientist who makes toy-like robots?
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. James Woods as Toreno, the paranoid government agent. Disrepecting dead women to a monologue on how all modern conspiracy theories are no where near the truth.
* [[Bulletstorm|General Sarrano]] is an evil, manipulative, foul-mouthed bastard who delights in the suffering of others, gleefully betrays everyone around him, and is generally an all-around un-fun guy to be around. At the same time, he's a hilariously over-the-top jackass with a never-ending stream of creative invective to toss at anyone and everyone around him.
* Every villain in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series.
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* King Bohan and Flying Fox from ''[[Heavenly Sword]]''. King Bohan is voiced by [[Andy Serkis]] and is funny even when being a total bastard. Flying Fox has a very shrill voice and is even hammier than Bohan.
* Kaos, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure]]''. He's got the personality of [[Invader Zim]], [[Large Ham]] and all. Though it should be noted he's actually [[Beware the Silly Ones|far more compentant than his personality would imply.]] Doesn't make him any less fun to watch, however.
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* In the first ''[[Mother]]'' game, Hippies will try to attack Ninten with rulers. They'll also try to shout into a bullhorn that Ninten's mother was looking for him.
* {{spoiler|Cicero}}, from ''[[The Elder Scrolls V:
* {{spoiler|Hades}} from ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. [[OOC Is Serious Business|The few times]] when {{spoiler|he}} gets dead serious, however, {{spoiler|he's}} [[Complete Monster|actually pretty terrifying.]]
* [[Crazy Awesome|Sho Minamimoto]] from ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', if only for how bizarre he is. Even when he's planning genocide and {{spoiler|planning to kill god}}, he's somehow hilarious. A language or math certainly helps in that.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Essentially all the villains in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' except, arguably, Daedalus. Horribus, in particular, is a big example. One moment he's begging for his teddy bear (making him vice president to his empire, no less) and getting hit in the head with anvils in the middle of his Dramatic Entrance, the next he's incinerating minions {{spoiler|and dropping a bridge on the heroine}}.
** Darksoul in the [[Accentuate the Negative|oft-underappreciated]] "Oceans Unmoving" storyline is a borderline example, whose humor mostly comes after you find out the plot twist; {{spoiler|He is actually the present day Bun Bun, while the Bun Bun shown is from the past; present day Bun Bun (Darksoul) has Laser Guided Amnesia, and his pseudo-deadpan snarking is actually him ticked off on the fact that he has no idea what's going on; everything his past self is involved in is ridiculously random ("Leaf people?"), and he knows he should know what's going on}}.
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*** Even Kusari [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/120405 is] [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/120414 learning] [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/120415 sarcasm].
* Lord Attez seems this way in ''[[Cwen's Quest]]''. Although we only see [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418164422/http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=314161 very little of him], it seems pretty clear he is a hysterical & horrible person from his [https://web.archive.org/web/20100822094346/http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=432637 various traumatized children].
* Black Mage in ''[[8-
* Richard from ''[[Looking for Group]]''.
* [[Big Bad|Xykon]] from the ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''. He may be a horrible threat, but he gets some of the best lines and comedic moments.
** And now we have [[Magnificent Bastard|Tarquin]], a man of [[Deadpan Snarker|remarkably dry wit]] and a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|love of heroic tropes]] who celebrated his reunion with his son with a festival of lights...[[Complete Monster|made out of immolated prisoners]].
** Tarquin himself actually [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html invokes this trope] while talking about [[The Brute|Thog]]
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== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* {{spoiler|Tez On Toast}} in later episodes of ''[[Kate Modern]]'', in a decidedly un-harmless way.
* [[Doctor Steel]].
* There will be blood / It might be yours / So go kill someone / Signed [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Bad Horse]]
* ''[[Diamanda Hagan]]'' runs on this.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* Don Karnage in ''[[Tale Spin]]''. Let's see: [[Just a Stupid Accent|Funny accent]]? Check. [[Ambiguously Gay|Eccentric and flamboyant]]? Check. [[Surrounded by Idiots|Incompetent Minions]]? Check. Ruthless pirate who thinks nothing of dropping a child twenty thousand feet to his death or setting a town on fire with a [[Lightning Gun]]? Erm... check.
* All the villains in ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', with the possible exception of [[Knight of Cerebus]] Taurus Bulba. Negaduck is a good example of a villain who pulls of both [[Large Ham|hilarious]] and [[Ax Crazy|dangerous]] at the same time.
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* The giant from ''[[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey and the Beanstalk]]''. Great giant. Also, a cute little bunny rabbit.
* Prime Evil, from ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters|Filmations Ghostbusters]]'', was absolutely hilarious, thanks to a) the writing and b) Alan Oppenheimer's [[Large Ham]] acting.
* Like everything else in ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', the villains were hilarious.
▲* [[Lex Luthor]] in the ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' movies is funny for many reasons, but it meshes well with the character. Lex Luthor in ''[[Superman: Brainiac Attacks]]'' is ridiculously campy, and it doesn't... work... well...
▲** Bizarro is a creature with all the powers of the Man of Steel, and [[Dumb Muscle|an intellect that insults egg plants by association]]. To be fair, he may actually be quite competent, especially in the DCAU where he is the only one to notice that something is wrong with Lex Luthor (namely that Lex and Flash are body swapped), but because he expresses himself in opposite action every time he speaks, no one gives him the time of day.
* Most of the villains in ''[[Kim Possible]]'' are laughable, especially [[Harmless Villain|Dr. Drakken]] (with [[Deadpan Snarker|Shego's running commentary]] serving to [[Lampshade Hanging|highlight]] his laughability). Even the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]], who can't grasp English idioms and have [[Inventional Wisdom|a goddam Off-button in their ship]] (except when [[Moral Event Horizon|they threaten to kill Kim]] and [[Dead Guy on Display|mount her]] [[Berserk Button|in front of Ron]]).
* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Blitzwing by himself is funny, particularly when his "random" personality is in control ("Ooh, I wanna see him turn into a fire truck, can I, can I, can I?"), but him and Lugnut sniping at each other is hilarious.
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* Aku from ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' is so much fun to watch that you often forget he's [[Made of Evil]], as he takes a break from hunting Jack to villainously order a pizza, subjects frightened children to his terrible storytelling, and swears revenge in a helium voice while in the form of a kangaroo rat.
** The "storytelling" thing may have been an attempt to raise the next generation to [[Villain with Good Publicity|revere him]]. It fails, obviously.
* All of the villains on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. While the bad guys in this cartoon are varied regarding themes and motivations, they all have one thing in common, they are very, ''very'' silly. Mostly [[Camp Gay|Him]] and to a slight lesser extent Mojo.
* The titular protagonist of ''[[Invader Zim]]''. Or just the Irkens in general, really. Who knew planet-scale genocide could be such a riot?
* Dr. Robotnik/Eggman of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games is humorous but legitimately threatening most of the time. However, in ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', he is depicted as bumbling and hilarious, aided by the stellar [[Large Ham
** Almost all renditions of the doctor are this in heavy doses (save maybe [[Knight of Cerebus|the]] ''[[Sonic Sat AM]]'' version, though even he [[The Comically Serious|isn't void of comical moments]]).
* Heloise from ''[[Jimmy Two-
* [[The Devil Is a Loser|The Red Guy]] from ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''.
* Jetstorm from ''[[Beast Machines]]'' is [[Ax Crazy]] even by ''[[Transformers]]'' but his [[Large Ham]] personality and horrible sense of humour make him one of the most enjoyable villains in the entire franchise.
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* Skybite of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (anime)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' is the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] version.
** Any Predacon who isn't Megatron/Galvatron.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' has Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Yes, he wants to take over the entire Tri-State area, and has created everything from Killer Robots and mind-control helmets... [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|but he's so bad at it, it's hilarious]]!
** Of course, Compared to his alternate universe self, Doof-2 from ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension]]'', [[Even Evil Has Standards|he's a pretty decent guy]]. Doof-2 was willing to kill complete innocents and his alternate-self, just for the sake of it. Though he still fills this trope by, among other things, announcing their doom with a sock-puppet.
* Every villain from ''[[The Little Flying Bears]]'', most notably Skulk and Sammy.
* Discord from ''[[My Little Pony:
** Mostly because Discord (or as the [[Fan Nickname|fans call him]] DisQord) is basically Q from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' after he got bored with annoying bald federation captains.
* A few villains in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-
* Skeletor from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the
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